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Case Study: The Business of Green | Society of Ecology & Entrepreneurs (SEE)—Creating the conditions for environmental philanthropy to thrive

A community of like-minded business leaders joined forces to fight deforestation and drive forward China’s environmental movement. “It started with planting trees,” said Zhang Li, the current secretary general of SEE Foundation. The original aim of the association was to mobilise the resources of China’s newly rich entrepreneurs to take on the problem of desertification […]

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Case Study: Landwasher—Guardian of the Blue Earth | Leveraging business solutions for environmental impact in China

Recognizing the severity of the environmental challenges facing China, investor-turned-entrepreneur Hao Wu set up an environmental enterprise for waterless toilet solutions to directly address issues of water scarcity, sanitation and hygiene. Under Wu’s leadership, Landwasher has become China’s top waterless toilet-solution provider, growing from a team of three to RMB 60 million (around US$10 million)

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Case Study: Trading Up | BN Vocational School—Giving China’s marginalized youth a shot at success

By providing free-of-charge vocational education to the disenfranchised children of migrant workers and ethnic minorities, BN Vocational School (BNVS) has helped to improve their career prospects — and meet the growing need for well-trained and confident workers in China’s burgeoning services sector. Since its first Beijing school was founded in 2005, BNVS has expanded to

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Case Study: Curing Blindness and Building Trust | Lifeline Express—Transforming Eye Care and NGOs in China

The case of Nellie Fong and Lifeline Express tells the story of the creation and expansion of a unique social delivery organization in China. The story illustrates how one person can bring about meaningful change by building partnerships with government in China and by recognizing the need to grow and evolve as circumstances and opportunities

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